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The Aesthetic Inflation Conundrum


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In economics, if you print too much money, the value of the currency collapses. In sociology, there is a similar concept for beauty. Currently, physical beauty is "scarce" and valuable. A person who looks like a movie star commands attention, higher pay, and social status (the "Halo Effect"). But humanoid robots are about to flood the market with "hyper-beauty." Manufacturers won't design an "average" looking robot helper; they will design 10/10 physical specimens with perfect symmetry, glowing skin, and ideal proportions. Soon, the "background characters" of your life—the barista, the janitor, the delivery driver—will look like the most beautiful celebrities on Earth.

The Conundrum:

As visual perfection floods the streets, and it becomes impossible to tell a human from a highly advanced, perfect android, do we require humans to adopt a form of visible, authenticated digital marker (like an augmented reality ID or glowing biometric wristband) to prove they are biologically real? Or do we allow all beings to pass anonymously, accepting that the social friction of universal distrust and the "Supernormal" beauty of the unidentified robots is the new reality?

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